Taylor wins Brooklyn mayor’s race

MONTEZUMA — A total of 3,491 voters cast ballots in Poweshiek County Tuesday.

Les Taylor won the Brooklyn mayoral race, defeating Matt Van Tomme 131 to 119.

Deep River’s mayoral candidate, J. Casey Pierce, received 20 votes, but write-in votes totaled 74, making Pierce’s win uncertain.

Other Poweshiek County results follow. Results are unofficial until the election is canvassed by the county board of supervisors.

Brooklyn council: Matt Goodrich, 186; Bill Mclain, 164; Dennis Skip Solem, 142; David L. Willett, 115; Write-in, 18.

Brooklyn council to fill a vacancy: Samantha DeGeorge, 222; write-in, 3.

Deep River council: Derec Koch, 66; Robin Cranston, 62; write-in, 93.

Grinnell mayor: Dan F. Agnew, 1,042; Kamal Hammouda, 435; Gary A. Glandon, 210; write-in, 8.

Grinnell council at large: Dyron Hueftle-Worley, 1,307; write-in, 65.

Grinnell council 2nd Ward: Jo Wray, 480; write-in, 8.

Grinnell council 4th Ward: Matt Karjalahti, 315; Rob Corry, 111; write-in, 8.

Guernsey mayor: write-in, 15.

Guernsey council: write-in, 68.

Hartwick mayor: Carma Craig, 24.

Harwick council: Kyle N. Gray, 24; Jason Blattner, 23; Scott Riedel, 22; Chuck Baetsle, 13; Brett Waterbeck, 13; write-in, 2.

Hartwick treasurer: Teri Neuhaus, 25.

Malcom mayor: Dawn Hamilton, 44; write-in 2.

Malcom council: Terry M. Stanek, 35; write-in, 26.

Montezuma mayor: Colin Watts, 338; write-in, 22.

Montezuma council: Kylee Stone, 269; write-in, 114.

Searsboro mayor: write-in, 12.

Searsboro council: write-in, 28.

Victor mayor: Donald Craig, 8; Eric Refer, 4. In Iowa County, Refer received 119 votes and Craig 89 votes, giving Craig the edge.

Victor council at large: Cindy Trout Smith, 10; Josh Scholtus, 10; Shawn Sternhagen, 9;’ Marla Faga, 8; James Thompson, 6; Jim Rajtora, 6; Tyler Kasper, 3.

In Iowa County, Sternhagen received the most votes, 165; Smith, 159; Faga, 154; Scholtus, 132; Robinson, 103; Rajtora, 91; Kasper, 81; and Thompson, 37.

Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom School Board Director: Craig J. Kuntz, 335; Kelly Kriegel, 268; Eric Hodina, 228; Pat Coleman, 228; Daneen Schafbuch, 160; Wendy Dayton, 122; Katherine Boelen, 120; Amber Toney, 103; write-in, 6.

English Valleys School Director at-large (vote for 3): Susan Schaefer, 6; Thomas O. Voss, 4; Ashley Dickey, 4; Fred Huebner, 3; Whit Faas, 3; Katie Taukei, 2. In Iowa County, Schaefer received 205 votes; Taukei, 124; Dickey, 108; Voss, 92; Banes, 85; Faas, 66; and Huebner, 62.

Grinnell-Newburg School at large: Chris Grundler, 1,376; Joshua Yeager, 402; write-in, 15.

Grinnell-Newburg School District 3: write-in 586.

Grinnell-Newburg School District 4: Jessica Anderson, 1,474; write-in, 26.

Hartwick-Ladora-Victor board member: Blake Kuesel, 47; David Doran, 38; Maria Hawkins, 29; Sharon Kriegel, 27; Michael Kolesar, 20; Michael Gilboa, 6; write-in, 3.

In Iowa County, Kuesel received 204 votes; Doran, 198; Hawkins, 139; Hollopeter, 113; Kolesar, 109; Kriegel, 93; Gilboa, 10; write-in, 1.

Lynnville-Sully board member: Tammy Vos, 17; Amanda Jones, 16; David Foster, 14.

Montezuma school board: Joel Kercheval, 698; Nichole Bushong, 509; Cori Henkle, 461; Alan H. Rabenold, 442; write-in, 485.

North Mahaska school board District 3: Crystal Vanderlinden, 3: Brett Morris, 0. (Poweshiek County votes only.)

Iowa Valley Community College Board District 7: Paul Pohlson, 2,171; write-in, 25. (Poweshiek County votes only.)

Kirkwood Community College Board District 5: Alan Jensen, 163. (Poweshiek County votes only.)

English Valleys School public measure to levy for six years an additional $0.67 per $1,000 assessed valuation: Yes, 183; No, 93 total for Poweshiek and Iowa Counties.

Grinnell-Newburg public measure: Yes, 1,321; No, 521.

Montezuma school public measure: No, 569; Yes, 475.